Greek/Latin Roots
Terms
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- Chronos
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Greek word for time
Chronology: the study of measureing time and figuring out the correct order and date of events. - Phone
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A greek word meaning sound.
Phonograph: an insturment that produces sound from records. A record player - Logos
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A greek root that means study of
Logograph: a single character or a group of characters representing a whole word. - Gram or Graph
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A greek root word which means to write
Graphoscope: a computer display unit on which the information shown can be changed by the use of a light pen - Zoon
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Greek word meaning animal
Zoogeography: study of where animals live on the earth. - Megas
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Greek word meaning big or large.
Megaphone: a large funnel shaped device used to help make a voice louder or to be heard in the distance. - Tele
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A greek word meaning far away
Telescope: an instrument that is made up of lenses and a tube, used for making distant objects appear coser and larger. - Meter or Metron
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Greek root that means measure
Metrology: the study of weights and measures. - Photos
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Greek root that means light
Photobiology: the study of how light or the sun's energy effects life. - Micro or Mikros
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Greek root for small
Microbe: a living organism of very small size (a germ)
Microscope: an instrument with a lens or lenses that makes very small things look larger. - Video or vision
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Latin word meaning to see.
Videophone: a telephone used with a television camera and screen, so people talking on the telephone can see each other. - Cycle
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Greek word meaning wheel/circle
Cyclometer: an instrument that measures the distance that a wheel travels, by recording the amout of circles it makes, while it is turning
- Aqua
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Latin word meaning water
Aquascope: a device to see underwater. - Sub
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A latin word meaning under.
Submit: to give in to the power, control, or authority of another.